2016-08-31
Ms DUNN (Eastern Metropolitan) — My question is for the Minister for Agriculture. Minister, is it more cost-effective for VicForests to utilise the volunteer skills of citizen scientists to survey logging coupes for threatened species rather than procure suitably qualified assessors to do the work for them?
Ms PULFORD (Minister for Agriculture) — I thank Ms Dunn for her question, and I will provide Ms Dunn with a written response.
Supplementary question
Ms DUNN (Eastern Metropolitan) — Thank you, Minister. My supplementary question is: can you explain why the citizen scientists have a greater success rate in identifying threatened species than the suitably qualified assessors that work for VicForests?
Ms PULFORD (Minister for Agriculture) — I thank Ms Dunn for her enduring interest in these matters, and I will provide Ms Dunn with a written response to her questions.